Marcus_Caecilius_Cornutus

Marcus Caecilius Cornutus

Marcus Caecilius Cornutus

Ancient Roman politician and general

Marcus Caecilius Cornutus (died 43 BC) was an ancient Roman politician and general who served as urban praetor in 43 BC.[1][2] He was charged by the senate with the defence of the city against the forces of Octavian, who marched on the city demanding his election as suffect consul after the deaths of the two ordinary consuls of that year – Aulus Hirtius and Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus – in battle.[3] After his meagre forces defected to Octavian and Octavian took the city, he committed suicide.[4][2]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Golden 2013, p. 189.
  2. [2]
    Broughton 1952, p. 338.
  3. [3]
    Golden 2013, pp. 203, 199.
  4. [4]
    Golden 2013, p. 204.

Sources

  • Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1952). The magistrates of the Roman republic. Vol. 2. New York: American Philological Association.
  • Golden, Gregory K (2013). Crisis management during the Roman Republic. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-05590-2. OCLC 842919750.
Stub icon

This article about an Ancient Roman politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Marcus_Caecilius_Cornutus, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.